Treatment of a patient with a bilateral cleft lip and palate with implants and surgery of the maxillary anterior region.

Caring for patients with bilateral cleft lips and palates requires an interdisciplinary approach. The treatment of such a patient is described. Therapy comprised maxillary expansion, mini-implant insertion, premaxillary osteotomy, and vomeroplasty, which led to a drastic improvement of the occlusion and facial appearance.

Establishment of South Indian soft tissue cephalometric norms using profile angles and esthetic analysis.

Aim: To establish soft tissue norms using profile angles and esthetic analysis in the South Indian population.

Methods: A clinically effective method is used for accurately placing the esthetic horizontal line on cephalometric radiograph. A series of two vertical lines provides the determinants for the horizontal positions of the soft tissue chin, soft tissue chin thickness, upper lip position and thickness, lower lip, maxillary incisors, and mandibular incisors in relation to the profile.